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STATE CHAMPS: Iowa high school boys wrestling state champions for 2025

STATE CHAMPS: Iowa high school boys wrestling state champions for 2025
AUTO GROUP. THE EYES OF THE WRESTLING WORLD WERE ON THE WELL ON SATURDAY NIGHT, 100TH YEAR OF THIS GREAT TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS CROWNED ONCE AGAIN AND THEIR NAMES ETCHED INTO THE HISTORY BOOKS OF OUR GREAT SPORT HERE IN IOWA. THE GRAND MARCH. WELL, LOOK AT THOSE LEGENDS UP FRONT LEADING THEM OUT. THATā€™S AWESOME. IN CLASS 106 AND THREE A, WEā€™RE GOING TO START THEIR CREWS. GANNON OF DOWLING TOOK ON THE POWERHOUSE. THAT WAS EDDIE WOODY OF SOUTHEAST POLK. AND WOODY LIVES UP TO THE HYPE PINNING GANNON IN ONE MINUTE. 19 SECONDS. HE WAS FANTASTIC IN CLASS 113 SOUTHEAST POLKā€™S NICO DISALVO ATTEMPTING TO DEFEND HIS TITLE AGAINST ALEXANDER PIERCE. HE WASNā€™T GOING TO LET IT COME EASY, BUT HE WAS ABLE TO DO IT. THAT WAS A LATE TAKEDOWN, WINNING 4 TO 1 AS HE DEFENDS HIS CROWN AT 126. CHRISTIAN CASTILLO OF AMES LOOKING TO COMPLETE THE PERFECT SEASON, BUT IT WAS MAX RIGGINS OF SOUTHEAST POLK STANDING IN THE WAY, BUT NOT FOR LONG. THE TAKEDOWN FORESHADOWS WHAT CAME NEXT. THE PIN UNDEFEATED SEASON FOR CASTILLO. WEā€™RE GOING TO HEAR FROM ALL THESE WINNERS IN JUST A SECOND. AND 138 MAX CROSSON OF INDIANOLA TAKING ON WILL BROCKLIN OF SOUTHEAST POLK. THIS WAS A BIG TIME BATTLE. CROSSING. WOULDNā€™T BE CROSSED UP BY THE UPPERCLASSMEN. AN 11 ONE MAJOR DECISION WIN. ARE YOU GOING TO CELEBRATE? MY MAN? A LOT OF FOOD, GAINED A LOT OF WEIGHT. LIFT, GAIN WEIGHT, GET JACKED. IT WAS FUN. I LIKED IT A LOT. GOT THE TEAM, TEAM ATMOSPHERE YOU LOVE THAT MAKES YOU WANT TO GO FOR PINS. YOU KNOW YOU GOT THE GUYS ON YOUR SIDE. THEREā€™S NOTHING IN THIS WORLD THAT HAS A BETTER FEELING THAN GETTING WHAT YOU WANTED, WHAT YOU SET OUT TO DO, AND ALL THAT HARD WORK PAYS OFF. I COULDNā€™T EXPLAIN IT. I MEAN, Iā€™M JUST SUPER HAPPY THAT I WAS ABLE TO JUST, LIKE, BE IN THIS EXPERIENCE. AND ITā€™S GREAT, I LOVE IT. LETā€™S GO TO 157 AND 3A1 SEED. MAX DEBOLT FROM ANKENY CENTENNIAL, TAKING ON THE TWO SEED BARS. DIAZ HEā€™S TRYING TO GET A COUPLE OF TAKEDOWNS. DE BOLTON DID. THE SOPHOMORE WAS FANTASTIC. AND THEN HE PUTS AWAY DIAZ IN THE THIRD. DEBOLT DOES NOT SHOW A TON OF EMOTION. THIS TIME WAS DIFFERENT. HUGS ALL AROUND. COACHES, FAMILY. YOU GET A HUG. 165 XAVIER ANDERSON OF MARSHALLTOWN AND JACKSON BO OF CARLISLE. AND IT WAS CARLISLE BO WHOā€™S GOING TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE IN A54 DECISION WIN. JACOB HELGESON FROM JOHNSTON, LOOKING TO WIN ANOTHER TITLE. AND HE WRESTLED OUT OF HIS MIND. SECOND PERIOD. THE PIN. AND THE CELEBRATION THAT IS GOING TO GO DOWN AS ONE THAT WILL REMEMBER FOR A VERY LONG TIME. THE FUTURE IOWA STATE CYCLONE WAS FIRED UP. EVERYONE IN THE ARENA WILL REMEMBER IT EXCEPT FOR HELGESON. I DONā€™T EVEN KNOW I BLACKED OUT ON THAT FREAKING PINNED HIM AND I DONā€™T EVEN KNOW. JUST WENT CRAZY. NO, MY VOICE IS ALREADY GONE. DUDE, I DONā€™T KNOW. ITā€™S JUST ITā€™S THEREā€™S NOTHING BETTER. YOU KNOW, I PINNED HIM AND CROWDā€™S GOING CRAZY. ITā€™S JUST THE BEST FEELING EVER. LIKE THEREā€™S NOTHING THAT CAN BEAT THIS. I WILL TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT. IN THE FINAL THREE MATCHES, THEY WERE FANTASTIC. 190 ACE OF HEMPSTEAD OF CARLISLE AGAINST KANE OF URBANDALE. HEMPSTEAD IS GOING TO COMPLETE THE JOURNEY TO THE TOP WITH A PIN. THAT JUST TOOK A MINUTE, 39 SECONDS. HE IS YOUR CHAMP. IN 190. WEā€™RE GOING TO SKIP OVER 215 FOR A MOMENT. WEā€™RE GOING TO GO 285 WHERE IT WAS COOPER MARTINSON OF SOUTHEAST POLK TAKING ON BRADY HAGAN OF DOWLING. THIS WAS A CRUCIAL TAKEDOWN IN THE FIRST PERIOD BECAUSE IT WAS JUST SMOOTH SAILING FROM THERE. AS MARTINSON TAKES HOME HIS FIRST TITLE. THATā€™S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. LETā€™S GET TO 215. SEAN ROSS. HEā€™S GOING TO MAKE IT THREE FOR THREE THREE STRAIGHT TITLES, AND HE DOES IT WITH AN 18 TWO TECH FALL WIN, URGING THE CROWD TO CHEER HIM ON. HE WAS THE TYPE OF GUY THAT WHEN HE CAME OUT OF THE TUNNEL, EVERYONE, WHETHER OR NOT HE WAS A THEY WERE A FAN, WERE CHEERING. AND THEN HOW ABOUT A BACKFLIP FOR GOOD MEASURE? I TEXT MY COACH EARLIER THIS WEEK AND I WAS LIKE, ARE THERE ANY LIKE, CONSEQUENCES IF I DO A BACKFLIP? HEā€™S LIKE, NO, JUST DONā€™T BREAK YOUR NECK. BUT WE DID IT ANYWAY. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE THREE WINNERS OVER IN TWO-A. WE TALKED ABOUT THE VAN METER FRESHMAN DYLAN WILLIAMSON ALL WEEK. HE HAS ESCAPE THERE TO START THINGS OFF AGAINST SLATER THOMAS OF EDDYVILLE-BLAKESBURG-FREMONT. ITā€™S ONE NOTHING. ALL RIGHT, LETā€™S GO. THIRD PERIOD. NOW THOMAS GETS AN ESCAPE. SO WEā€™RE NOW KNOTTED UP AT ONE. AND ITā€™S WHO IS GOING TO BLINK FIRST. AND WILLIAMSON IS THE ONE WHO DELIVERS THE CRITICAL BLOW. THE TAKEDOWN HERE. THATā€™S THREE. THAT GIVES THEM THE 4 TO 1 WIN. AND HOW ABOUT THIS FIRST EVER STATE CHAMPION IN VAN METER HISTORY FELT SO GOOD. LONG LONG HARD DAYS FINALLY PAID OFF. A LONG HARD DAY HAS PAID OFF AND 113 URIAH COTTER TAKING ON SIMON BETTIS QUARTER FROM WEST MARSHALL BETTIS EDDYVILLE-BLAKESBURG-FREMONT IT WAS SIX FIVE HEADING INTO THE FINAL PERIOD, AND COTTER PULLS OFF THE TAKEDOWN IN THE NEAR PIN TO SECURE THE LEAD AND THEN GO ON TO WIN IT QUARTER. YOUR TWO A 113 POUND CHAMPION. LETā€™S GO. 150 SHANE HANFORD OF WEST MARSHALL TAKING ON NILES SIMS OF WILLIAMSBURG. THIRD PERIOD TIED AT ONE. NOT FOR LONG. THE TAKEDOWN THERE BY HANFORD GIVES HIM A41 LEAD AND HE WOULD WIND UP WINNING THIS MATCH 4 TO 2. THATā€™S THE GREAT FEELING RIGHT THERE THAT HEā€™S BEEN SEARCHING FOR FOR QUITE SOME TIME. LETā€™S GO. 157 WHERE THIS WAS A MATCHUP OF TWO GUYS WHO WERE LOW SEEDS COMING IN, TUCKER WHEELER OF PCM, A SIXTH SEED, BRITT DENHART, EIGHT SEED OF GREENE COUNTY, DENHART UP TWO NOTHING IN THE THIRD PERIOD AND HEā€™S GOING TO GET THE TAKEDOWN TO GIVE HIM BREATHING ROOM. AND THEN LATER DELIVER A BREATH OF FRESH AIR. DENHART. ITā€™S BEEN AWESOME. I LOVE BEING THE UNDERRATED PERSON. ITā€™S ITā€™S MAKES IT MORE SWEET AT THE END WHEN YOU WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE HARD TIMES AND THE TOUGH MATCHES TO GET WHERE YOU ARE, ITā€™S JUST MAKES A LOT MORE SWEET. WINNER STEPS. TOP SEEDED JADEN COOPER WAS UNBELIEVABLE. TAKING ON CADEN COOPER, TEN SEED FOR PCM IN 285. AND HOW ABOUT THE PIN THAT QUICKLY FEELS LIKE THIS WAS AN EVERYDAY OCCURRENCE. HUGS HIS COACH. AND THEN WE SEE THIS OFTEN. WE HADNā€™T SEEN IT ALL WEEK. BUT HOW ABOUT THE FLIP. I WAS IN THE AIRBNB WITH HIM AND I SAID IF I WIN, Iā€™M DROPPING YOU. AND HE SAID, ALL RIGHT, SO I DID IT. SURE, DAD. 180 OR EXCUSE ME. ONE 8285 TRENTON WARNER TOLD ME EARLIER THIS WEEK HEā€™S THE BEST GUY IN THE BRACKET. HE PROVED IT, GETS THE TAKEDOWN AND THAT MATCH. AND HE GOES ON TO WIN 13 FIVE. MAJOR DECISION BEFORE HIM AND 215, THOUGH, WAS ASHTON HIS TEAMMATE LOOKING FOR THE TITLE FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR. AND HE WOULD DO IT WITH EASE. A TAKEDOWN HERE AND LIGHT WORK. SEVEN NOTHING KNOCKED AWAY VALLEY SWEEPS 215 AND 285. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR CHAMPIONS. LETā€™S WRAP IT UP WITH THE TEAM STANDINGS. SOUTHEAST POLK THE THREE A CHAMP. THE ALL TIME POINTS RECORD. THEY WERE UNBELIEVABLE. THATā€™S AN ALL TIME PERFORMANCE. INDIANOLA COMES IN THIRD. TWO A. LETā€™S TALK ABOUT IT. NOTRE DAME BURLINGTON 129. THEY WIN. IT COMES IN SECOND AT 107.5. LETā€™S GO ONE A DON BOSCO. WELL WHAT DO YOU EXPECT AT THIS POINT? RIGHT THERE YOUR CHAMPS. AND WITH THAT WRESTLING COMES TO AN END. AND THE NEXT TIME WEā€™LL BE AT WELLS FAR
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STATE CHAMPS: Iowa high school boys wrestling state champions for 2025
Forty-two Iowa boys will forever be known as state wrestling champions after tonight.Check the following list for results from Saturday nightā€™s title matches at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.Ā» State wrestling: Photos from championship night at Iowa's 2025 boys state wrestling tournamentĀ» Download the free ĢĒŠÄvlog app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google PlayClass 1A state finals matchups, results106 pounds: No. 1 Kaiden Belinsky of Don Bosco dec. No. 7 Ian Maize of WACO, 6-3113 pounds: No. 4 Hendrix Schwab tech fall No. 7 Austin Etzel of Wilton, 17-1120 pounds: No. 2 Hayden Schwab of Don Bosco tech fall No. 1 Liam Adlfinger of Wilton, 17-1126 pounds: No. 1 Gavin Landers of Denver dec. No. 2 Rowdy Neighbor of Alburnett, 5-1132 pounds: No. 1 Jayden Rinken of Nashua-Plainfield major dec. No. 2 Drew Anderson of Riverside, 10-0138 pounds: No. 1 Dawson Youngblut of Don Bosco tech fall No. 2 Preston Klostermann of Alburnett, 20-5 144 pounds: No. 1 Blake Fox of Osage tech fall No. 3 Steve Brandenburg of Lake Mills, 21-6150 pounds: No. 1 Corbin Reisz of Logan-Magnolia dec. No. 3 Tiernan Boots of Lisbon, 10-3157 pounds: No. 1 Boden White dec. Denver vs. No. 2 Ethan Christoffer of Don Bosco, 10-3165 pounds: No. 1 Kyler Knaack of Don Bosco major dec. No. 2 Jacob McCargill of Shenandoah, 10-0175 pounds: No. 4 Kanen Decker of Wapsie Valley dec. No. 2 Creighton Kelly of West Hancock, 7-2190 pounds: No. 1 Louden Huisenga of WACO dec. No. 3 Gatlin Rogers of Wilton, 7-6215 pounds: No. 1 Ashton Honnold of Nodaway Valley dec. No. 2 Nathan Beitz of Maquoketa Valley, 7-0285 pounds: No. 1 Trenton Warner of Nodaway Valley major dec. No. 2 Wyatt Hanna of Lake Mills, 13-5Class 1A team champion: Don BoscoClass 3A state finals matchups, results106 pounds: No. 1 Eddie Woody of Southeast Polk pin No. 6 Cruz Gannon of Dowling Catholic, 1:19113 pounds: No. 1 Nico DeSalvo of Southeast Polk dec. No. 2 Alexander Pierce of Iowa City West, 4-1120 pounds: No. 1 Jake Knight of Bettendorf dec. No. 2 Cale Vandermark of Ankeny Centennial, 11-4126 pounds: No. 1 Christian Castillo of Ames pin No. 2 Max Riggins of Southeast Polk, 4:27132 pounds: No. 2 TJ Koester of Bettendorf pin No. 1 Carter Pearson of Southeast Polk, 5:21138 pounds: No. 1 Mac Crosson of Indianola major dec. No. 3 Wil Oberbroecklig of Southeast Polk, 11-1144 pounds: No. 1 Justis Jesuroga of Southeast Polk injury default win over No. 3 Koy Davidson of Fort Dodge150 pounds: No. 3 Justin Avila of Iowa City West dec. No. 1 Jabari Hinson of Ames, 9-7157 pounds: No. 1 Maximus Dhabolt of Ankeny Centennial dec. No. 2 Bas Diaz of Waverly-Shell Rock, 7-2165 pounds: No. 3 Jaxon Miller of Carlisle dec. No. 5 Xayvion Anderson of Marshalltown, 5-4175 pounds: No. 1 Jacob Helgeson of Johnston pin No. 2 Lincoln Jipp of Bettendorf, 2:52190 pounds: No. 1 Asa Hemsted of Carlisle pin No. 2 Cain Tigges of Urbandale, 1:39215 pounds: No. 2 Dreshaun Ross of Fort Dodge tech fall No. 3 Jean Ngoma of Cedar Rapids Xavier, 18-2285 pounds: No. 1 Cooper Martinson of Southeast Polk dec. No. 3 Brady Hagan of Dowling Catholic, 4-1Class 3A team champion: Southeast PolkWatch: Lifelong wrestling fan, former state champion writes love letter to Iowa's state wrestling tournament

Forty-two Iowa boys will forever be known as state wrestling champions after tonight.

Check the following list for results from Saturday nightā€™s title matches at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

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Class 1A state finals matchups, results

  • 106 pounds: No. 1 Kaiden Belinsky of Don Bosco dec. No. 7 Ian Maize of WACO, 6-3
  • 113 pounds: No. 4 Hendrix Schwab tech fall No. 7 Austin Etzel of Wilton, 17-1
  • 120 pounds: No. 2 Hayden Schwab of Don Bosco tech fall No. 1 Liam Adlfinger of Wilton, 17-1
  • 126 pounds: No. 1 Gavin Landers of Denver dec. No. 2 Rowdy Neighbor of Alburnett, 5-1
  • 132 pounds: No. 1 Jayden Rinken of Nashua-Plainfield major dec. No. 2 Drew Anderson of Riverside, 10-0
  • 138 pounds: No. 1 Dawson Youngblut of Don Bosco tech fall No. 2 Preston Klostermann of Alburnett, 20-5
  • 144 pounds: No. 1 Blake Fox of Osage tech fall No. 3 Steve Brandenburg of Lake Mills, 21-6
  • 150 pounds: No. 1 Corbin Reisz of Logan-Magnolia dec. No. 3 Tiernan Boots of Lisbon, 10-3
  • 157 pounds: No. 1 Boden White dec. Denver vs. No. 2 Ethan Christoffer of Don Bosco, 10-3
  • 165 pounds: No. 1 Kyler Knaack of Don Bosco major dec. No. 2 Jacob McCargill of Shenandoah, 10-0
  • 175 pounds: No. 4 Kanen Decker of Wapsie Valley dec. No. 2 Creighton Kelly of West Hancock, 7-2
  • 190 pounds: No. 1 Louden Huisenga of WACO dec. No. 3 Gatlin Rogers of Wilton, 7-6
  • 215 pounds: No. 1 Ashton Honnold of Nodaway Valley dec. No. 2 Nathan Beitz of Maquoketa Valley, 7-0
  • 285 pounds: No. 1 Trenton Warner of Nodaway Valley major dec. No. 2 Wyatt Hanna of Lake Mills, 13-5

Class 1A team champion: Don Bosco

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Class 2A state finals matchups, results

  • 106 pounds: No. 5 Dylan Williamson of Van Meter dec. No. 3 Slater Thomas of Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont, 4-1
  • 113 pounds: No. 1 Urijah Courter of West Marshall dec. No. 6 Simon Bettis of Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont, 10-7
  • 120 pounds: No. 1 Brayden Bohnsack of Union Community dec. No. 3 Easton Enyeart of Ballard, 3-2
  • 126 pounds: No. 2 CJ Davis of Burlington Notre Dame dec. No. 4 Carter Schmauss of Crestwood, 12-7
  • 132 pounds: No. 1 Jace Hedeman of Union Community pin No. 7 Carter Cajthaml of NH/TV, 1:35
  • 138 pounds: No. 2 Kaiden Dietzenbach of Burlington Notre Dame dec. No. 1 Landen Davis of Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont, 3-2
  • 144 pounds: No. 1 Jase Jaspers of Mount Vernon major dec. No. 2 Tyler Wieland of Independence, 10-0
  • 150 pounds: No. 1 Shane Hanford of West Marshall dec. No. 6 Nile Sinn of Williamsburg, 4-2
  • 157 pounds: No. 8 Brent Dennhardt of Greene County dec. No. 6 Tucker Wheeler of PCM, 5-1
  • 165 pounds: No. 1 Bo Koedam of Sergeant Bluff-Luton tech fall No. 2 Tucker Vitzthum of Ballard, 16-1
  • 175 pounds: No. 1 Zayvion Ellington of Sergeant Bluff-Luton dec. No. 3 Christian Dunning of Clear Lake, 7-2
  • 190 pounds: No. 2 Austin Scranton of Anamosa dec. No. 1 Brenden Heying of Benton Community, 8-3
  • 215 pounds: No. 1 Mason Koehler of Glenwood dec. No. 3 Lucas Feuerbach of Solon, 7-0
  • 285 pounds: No. 1 Jaydn Cooper of Winterset pin No. 10 Kaden Clark of PCM, :55

Class 2A team champion: Burlington-Notre Dame

Class 3A state finals matchups, results

  • 106 pounds: No. 1 Eddie Woody of Southeast Polk pin No. 6 Cruz Gannon of Dowling Catholic, 1:19
  • 113 pounds: No. 1 Nico DeSalvo of Southeast Polk dec. No. 2 Alexander Pierce of Iowa City West, 4-1
  • 120 pounds: No. 1 Jake Knight of Bettendorf dec. No. 2 Cale Vandermark of Ankeny Centennial, 11-4
  • 126 pounds: No. 1 Christian Castillo of Ames pin No. 2 Max Riggins of Southeast Polk, 4:27
  • 132 pounds: No. 2 TJ Koester of Bettendorf pin No. 1 Carter Pearson of Southeast Polk, 5:21
  • 138 pounds: No. 1 Mac Crosson of Indianola major dec. No. 3 Wil Oberbroecklig of Southeast Polk, 11-1
  • 144 pounds: No. 1 Justis Jesuroga of Southeast Polk injury default win over No. 3 Koy Davidson of Fort Dodge
  • 150 pounds: No. 3 Justin Avila of Iowa City West dec. No. 1 Jabari Hinson of Ames, 9-7
  • 157 pounds: No. 1 Maximus Dhabolt of Ankeny Centennial dec. No. 2 Bas Diaz of Waverly-Shell Rock, 7-2
  • 165 pounds: No. 3 Jaxon Miller of Carlisle dec. No. 5 Xayvion Anderson of Marshalltown, 5-4
  • 175 pounds: No. 1 Jacob Helgeson of Johnston pin No. 2 Lincoln Jipp of Bettendorf, 2:52
  • 190 pounds: No. 1 Asa Hemsted of Carlisle pin No. 2 Cain Tigges of Urbandale, 1:39
  • 215 pounds: No. 2 Dreshaun Ross of Fort Dodge tech fall No. 3 Jean Ngoma of Cedar Rapids Xavier, 18-2
  • 285 pounds: No. 1 Cooper Martinson of Southeast Polk dec. No. 3 Brady Hagan of Dowling Catholic, 4-1

Class 3A team champion: Southeast Polk

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